6-31 Oct 2023
Vincenzo Lamagna & Danilo Moroni Kingdom
A dance between flesh and spirit, this film explores the dualities inherent in human existence.
Dance Umbrella Festival
London's festival of groundbreaking international and UK dance returns October 2025, taking place on stages across our global city and online.
Other events
6-31 Oct 2023
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou All she likes is popping bubble wrap
A unique audio-visual performance for the digital stage bringing archival film footage to life.
6-31 Oct 2023
Jade Hackett & Serendipity Let’s Dance in the City – London
The London-based choreographer, performer and curator explores her personal definition of home.
13 Oct 2023
Panel discussion Digital
Siobhan Davies Studios & Online
Raquel Meseguer Zafe, Sho Shibata, Tarik Elmoutawakil, Xan Dye Panel Discussion: ReWorking Rhythms
The panellists will consider how we approach time when making, performing or producing dance.
6-31 Oct 2023
Graeme Miller END OF THE DAY (knowing it doesn’t but making it matter)
The football pitches at Hackney Marshes are set to the final broadcasts of James Alexander Gordon.
17 Oct 2023
Dinner event
Battersea Arts Centre
Sonya Lindfors & SERAFINE1369 Discursive Dinner
A conversational dinner about how artistic practice is interwined with the curatorial.
18 - 19 Oct 2024
Live performance
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Abby Z and the New Utility Radioactive Practice
Six performers challenge their physical and mental limits in an explosive, genre-bending new work
1 - 2 Feb 2025
Live performance
Sadler's Wells
Marco da Silva Ferreira CARCAÇA
Inspired by rave culture & traditional Portuguese dance; shortlisted for Rose International Dance Prize
26 - 27 Oct 2024
Live performance Free
Unicorn Theatre & Potters Fields Park
Dance Umbrella Family Weekend de Stilte / Hackney Showroom
Performances, workshops and arts & crafts for the whole family to enjoy
17 Aug 2024
Performance, Workshop Free
Somerset House
Jade Hackett London Battle
A takeover of Somerset House's outdoor courtyard with live dance, workshops, DJs and a big party
9 - 31 Oct 2024
Hetain Patel Animations, 2020
The visual artist and filmmaker explores the body in ways that are only possible through animation
9 - 12 Oct 2024
Live performance
Barbican
Mamela Nyamza HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Urgent and subtly spectacular, deconstructing gender norms and Western classical dance & music
11 - 12 Oct 2024
Live performance
The Pit, Barbican
Hetain Patel Mathroo Basha
A reflection on what is lost & transformed, revisiting rituals rooted in Brit-Gujarati working-class experience
16 Oct 2024
Live performance
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Diana Niepce The Other Side of Dance
A solo which takes a deep dive into dance’s past and the hierarchical principles driving movement
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Live panel discussion Digital Free
Shakespeare's Globe & Online
Is Theatre Stealing Dance’s Moves? Panel discussion on the role of Movement Director Stella Kanu, Polly Bennett, Yukiko Masui, Shelley Maxwell
How does movement direction differ from choreography, and why the sudden grow in demand?
12 Oct 2024
Industry event
The Place
Studio Sessions Jo Bannon, SAY and Tom Cassani, with Hetain Patel
Introducing dance artists based in England to promoters from the UK and abroad
15 Oct 2024
Live talk Digital Free
Trinity Laban & Online
Lea Anderson Artist Encounters
A unique chance to delve into one of the dance world’s most distinctive minds
9 - 31 Oct 2024
POCKETART Folds of Touch
Inspired by memories of the choreographer’s grandmother, three generations of women perform together
9 - 31 Oct 2024
Rosemary Lee & Hugo Glendinning Sentence
Poetic and mysterious, exploring the fleeting nature of dance through innovative filming techniques
9 - 31 Oct 2024
Lea Anderson The Featherstonehaughs Draw on the Sketchbooks of Egon Schiele
The world premiere of a film inspired by the sketchbooks of expressionist painter Egon Schiele
9 - 31 Oct 2024
Abby Z and the New Utility Radioactive Practice
A filmed version of the explosive stage work, inspired by street dance & synchronised swimming
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Choreographer’s Cut: MOS Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
A special insight into the creation of MOS, filmed on the set of her sell out show at the Barbican
22 - 23 Oct 2024
Live performance
The Place
POCKETART Fairy Tales
Exploring femininity & identity, connecting with childhood to reimagine happy endings
24 - 25 Oct 2024
Live performance
Brixton House
Adam Seid Tahir & Amina Seid Tahir Change Tempo: several attempts at braiding my way home
A solo that celebrates and holds the artists’ multiplicities as queer Afro-Nordic siblings
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